Improvement in shaft-tips for vehicles



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

JACOB B. GOLDSMITH, OF BOGKPORT, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHAFT-TIPS FOR VEHICLES.

v Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 15S,371,dated January5, 1875; application filvd July 16, 1874.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB B. GOLDSMI'IH, of Rockport, in the county ofEssex and State of Massachusetts, have invented an ImprovedCarriage-Shaft Tip; and I do hereby declare that the following, taken inconnection with the drawings which accompany and form part of thisspecification, is a description of my in vention sufiicient to enablethose skilled in the art to practice it. Y

The metal tips applied to carriage-shafts, being generally formed assimple ferrules, are soon abraded and Worn away, so as to become uselessor unsightly, by contact of the ferrules with the ground, or with thestable-floor, as the carriage is moved When the shafts rest upon theground or oor.`

My invention is intended to insure the safety of the tips from suchinjuries or defacements. For this purposeI form each tip with a verticalslot cut endwise into it, and pivot in this slot an elastic or rubberroll, which will at all times cushion the tip from direct contact withthe `floor or ground, and will turn as the carriage is moved while the`shafts are down. The invention consists in metal shafttips thusslotted, and provided with friction rollers or cushions, preferablyformed of elastic material.

The drawing represents an end of a shaft with one of my roller-tipsapplied thereto.

Figure l shows the tip in plan. Fig. 2 is a side view thereof. Fig. 3 isan end View.

a denotes the tip or ferrule, fastened upon the end of the shaft byscrews b. In tothe end of the ferrule is out the vertical slot c. Thefork formed by the slot receives the rubber roll d, held in position by,and turning upon, a crosspin, e. The roll projects beyond the end andtop and bottom of the tip, and thus always forms a fender for the tip,to pres rve it from contact or injury.

The addition to the tip is inexpensive, and the rolls Wear evenly, andare very enduring.

I claim- The metal shaft-tip, slotted, and having upon the pin canelastic roller, all combined substantially as shown and described.

J. B. GOLDSMITH.

Witnesses:

M. W. FROTHINGHAM, S. B. KIDDER.

